happiness

The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.

If you stay in the company of anger, pain, or hurt, happiness will find someone else to visit. Make the choice to view all of your past relationships as a gift. Throw out what hasn__ worked in the past and incorporate new concepts. Focus on being happy.

She tried to act as though it were nothing to go to the library alone. But her happiness betrayed her. Her smile could not be restrained, and it spread from her tightly pressed mouth, to her round cheeks, almost to the hair ribbons tied in perky bows over her ears.

We say, __appy are the clever, for they shall inherit the admiration of their friends_; __appy are the aggressive, for they shall inherit a career_; __appy are the rich, for they shall inherit a world of friendsand a house full of modern gadgets._ Jesus said, __Happy] are the meek; for they shallinherit the earth_ [see Matthew 5:5]. If we want the secret of happiness . . ."meekness_ is a basic key.

Why sadness was created?So we could rest from laughing.

Happiness is a choice, but grief is a certainty.

Gratitude always comes into play; research shows that people are happier if they are grateful for the positive things in their lives, rather than worrying about what might be missing.

I think about my mother singing after lunch on a Summer afternoon, twirling in blue dress across the floor of her dressing room

[Poem: Slates of Grey]Sullen faces like slates of grey__hat I__ seen on a walk today.Bodies rushing bodies boltingTime for life a disregarding.Money to make and to grow oldWhat about the hands to hold?Deadlines, projects, people to meetWhat about our own two feet.Sullen faces like slates of grey...What I__ see most anyday.

Human happiness is defined by the hardships and conflicts you have been through. The greater they are, the greater is your happiness.

Your most important __ant_ should be the one you can control!

Nothing that happens to you was meant to be. The only thing about you that was meant to be is you. Blaze your own trail.

Our own front door can be a wonderful thing, or a sight we dread; rarely is it only a door.

We left behind the other kids; their path-working, drinking, and being grown up- and rejected all that made them grumpy, uncreative and lifeless. We dumpstered, squatted, and shoplifted our lives back. Everything fell into place when we decided our lives were meant to be lived. Life serves the risk taker...

A person cannot direct his emotional life in the way he bids his motor system to reach for a cup. He cannot will himself to want the right thing or to love the right person or to be happy after a disappointment, or even to be happy in happy times. People lack this capacity not through a deficiency of discipline but because the jurisdiction of will is limited to the latest brain and to those functions within its purview. Emotional life can be influenced, but it cannot be commanded.

Some of the most memorable paths I've taken have been detours.

Why do I want to run from happiness?

Once he said to her: 'You are like me; you are different from other people. You are Kamala and no one else, and within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat any time and be yourself, just as I can. Few people have that capacity and yet everyone could have it.